George Elphinstone

George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (7 January 1746-10 March 1823) was a British admiral.

Biography
In 1761, Elphinstone joined the Royal Navy, making the acquaintance of John Jervis, a future British naval hero. Elphinstone fought against the Dutch during the American Revolutionary War of the 1770s and early 80s, and he also fought in the French Revolutionary Wars of the 1790s. In 1795 he captured Dutch colonies on the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and in India and in 1796 captured a whole Dutch squadron. In 1800 he assisted in the Siege of Genoa and was made commander-in-chief in the North Sea in 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Viscount in 1814, and he died in Scotland in 1823.